'Preengaging' definitions:
Definition of 'Preengaging'
From: GCIDE
- Preengage \Pre`["e]n*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pre["e]ngaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre["e]ngaging}.] To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy. [1913 Webster]
- But he was pre["e]ngaged by former ties. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]